# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?ascending=true&page=394 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 395 --- ## [Top Trending Topics doesn't seem to honour date picker/ranges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-trending-topics-doesnt-seem-to-honour-date-picker-ranges/92586)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Walkom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Walkom)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-trending-topics-doesnt-seem-to-honour-date-picker-ranges/92586 "2018-07-23T14:36:10Z")
You can change the time range for " Community health" reports on the admin page which then updates all the graphs. However this doesn’t apply for the “Top Trending Topics”, which is a bit of disconnect. I did try a few A… --- ## [Can't run query in data explorer plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-run-query-in-data-explorer-plugin/92886)
**Author:** [@Sudaraka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sudaraka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-run-query-in-data-explorer-plugin/92886 "2018-07-23T18:16:49Z")
I installed data explorer plugin in my local dev instance. But I can’t run this querry by @riking . EDIT : I think the error is from this line --- ## [New Discourse With a Old Wordpress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-with-a-old-wordpress/92953)
**Author:** [@paulsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paulsky)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-with-a-old-wordpress/92953 "2018-07-23T19:33:11Z")
So I have a wordpress website for a couple of years with several members, and im thinking in doing a forum using Discourse. Will Discourse still work with my current wordpress members using a wordpress plugin? Or the for… --- ## [Search for users that have staff notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-users-that-have-staff-notes/92768)
**Author:** [@eatcodetravel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eatcodetravel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-users-that-have-staff-notes/92768 "2018-07-23T20:04:39Z")
Is it possible to get a list of users that have a staff note? It would be great for this show as a filter in the /admin/users Thanks! --- ## [Not recieving Discourse notifications on iOS and Android](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-recieving-discourse-notifications-on-ios-and-android/92751)
**Author:** [@jakevaz423](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jakevaz423)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-recieving-discourse-notifications-on-ios-and-android/92751 "2018-07-23T22:23:27Z")
Hello! I recently haven’t been receiving notifications from Discourse on my iPhone 8. When I asked the community I belong to, I found that many people - both iOS and Android users - are not recieving notifications on the… --- ## [Shouldn't a category be the mother of all subcategories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shouldnt-a-category-be-the-mother-of-all-subcategories/92954)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shouldnt-a-category-be-the-mother-of-all-subcategories/92954 "2018-07-24T00:01:26Z")
in discourse, a category is completely separate from its subcategories. while one can imagine something more related or interconnected. two of the most annoying cases: if you suppress a category from homepage, none o… --- ## [Re-enabling Mobile View Tag Field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-enabling-mobile-view-tag-field/52952)
**Author:** [@Blumiere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Blumiere)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-enabling-mobile-view-tag-field/52952 "2018-07-24T00:42:20Z")
Sorry if this is the wrong category. I noticed here that tag entry on mobile view has been done but was suppressed due to space concerns. This feature is actually pretty critical to my use case (a Discord bot uses tag R… --- ## [Category Reordering UX could be simpler](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-reordering-ux-could-be-simpler/83171)
**Author:** [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-reordering-ux-could-be-simpler/83171 "2018-07-24T00:42:21Z")
do we really need to see the column with numbers? this feels like an under-the-hood info, that should be hidden the \[Fix Positions\] button is redundant. pressing \[Save Order\] should fix position before saving. d… --- ## [Hidden Split Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983)
**Author:** [@rhrmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhrmn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983 "2018-07-24T04:13:41Z")
Please create a new feature that will hide the public link at the bottom of a split thread if the topic has been split to a forum only visible by staff and moderators. In my community we split off comments which derail … --- ## [Cannot merge first and second post in a topic even though both are written by the same author](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444 "2018-07-24T04:14:27Z")
If you select the first and the second posts of a topic, no “Join” option appears in the admin wrench menu. Is this a bug? Please note that both messages are written by the same author. --- ## [Can we install discourse in another container distro?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-install-discourse-in-another-container-distro/91941)
**Author:** [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-install-discourse-in-another-container-distro/91941 "2018-07-24T05:26:56Z")
when I enter discourse application, I can realize that the container of my discourse forum is ubuntu 16.04. Its working fine. However I’m curious, can we install discourse on other container distros like centos or ubuntu… --- ## [Android Webview Discourse Invite Link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-webview-discourse-invite-link/92959)
**Author:** [@Dai\_Dao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dai_Dao)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-webview-discourse-invite-link/92959 "2018-07-23T20:27:08Z")
Hi, I generate an invite link using the Discourse API given the user’s email. When I get the link I try to load it with the WebView but it just appears blank. This is strange I’m not sure why the invite link wouldn’t lo… --- ## [Filter out Discobot in engagement metrics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-out-discobot-in-engagement-metrics/92800)
**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-out-discobot-in-engagement-metrics/92800 "2018-07-24T09:27:57Z")
The new dashboard (which is nice!) contains a metric of user-to-user messages. These seem to include the messages that Discobot sends and that makes it fairly useless as a metric (since in small communities, new signups … --- ## [Badge grant job frequency, configurable?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-grant-job-frequency-configurable/92803)
**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-grant-job-frequency-configurable/92803 "2018-07-24T09:45:29Z")
The BadgeGrant job runs once per day, it would be great if we can up this a bit. While I understand that for some large communities, this is a job best left during the off-season (e.g. 3am or so). I however, run a small… --- ## [Code linting and formatting with prettier](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-linting-and-formatting-with-prettier/92981)
**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-linting-and-formatting-with-prettier/92981 "2018-07-24T09:54:28Z")
I just wrote a PR that didn’t pass the Travis tests due to linting issues. I couldn’t find any entries in meta that discussed eslinting/prettier, so I went digging around the code and found out how to improve my code to … --- ## [Not receiving notifications for announcements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-announcements/87275)
**Author:** [@LeoMcA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoMcA)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-announcements/87275 "2018-07-24T10:07:07Z")
I have #feature:announcements set to Watching, but for the past 3 or so sets of release notes (like this one) I haven’t received a notification for it, and have only found it in my New list. Once I open the topic, it sa… --- ## [Advice on how to build a scraping / posting plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-on-how-to-build-a-scraping-posting-plugin/92901)
**Author:** [@bletch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bletch)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-on-how-to-build-a-scraping-posting-plugin/92901 "2018-07-24T12:52:56Z")
I’m looking to build a plugin that periodically searches the web / Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / etc for relevant news and then creates summary posts in Discourse. Can anyone point me at a plugin or a part of core th… --- ## [Insert ad above category in homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-ad-above-category-in-homepage/93003)
**Author:** [@eldy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eldy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-ad-above-category-in-homepage/93003 "2018-07-24T13:41:29Z")
I think I must manually edit the template file to insert a block of code? the CTR is really low compare to my other wordpress site, the default adsense plugin isn’t that good. How can I insert a 300 ad block into my home… --- ## [Working on querying total view of a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/working-on-querying-total-view-of-a-category/92964)
**Author:** [@jerdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerdog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/working-on-querying-total-view-of-a-category/92964 "2018-07-24T14:26:08Z")
So we’re wanting to measure the number of views a specific category gets and so I have done a query for it: SELECT date\_part('month', created\_at) as Mth, sum(views) as FAQViews FROM topics WHERE category\_id = '1… --- ## [User notified of post that gets deleted?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notified-of-post-that-gets-deleted/80639)
**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notified-of-post-that-gets-deleted/80639 "2018-07-24T16:01:00Z")
I couldn’t find this. I don’t think it does alert anyone… would this be worth adding as a notification? --- ## [See Latest Reply in Topic, First](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013 "2018-07-24T16:43:42Z")
I see myself creating a lot of topics like this one at Codeacademy: Welcome to our forums! Please Introduce Yourself. In this case, it makes a LOT of sense to see the newest replies first (as opposed to the oldest), beca… --- ## [Setup wizard emoji wrong in subfolder install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setup-wizard-emoji-wrong-in-subfolder-install/91442)
**Author:** [@hayzem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hayzem)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setup-wizard-emoji-wrong-in-subfolder-install/91442 "2018-07-24T18:37:38Z")
Discourse is individually installed in a server which has ‘discourse.domain.com’ assined. The aim is to be able to use discourse ‘www.domain.com/discourse’. I followed the instructions on the github page; installed and r… --- ## [Post content preview not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-content-preview-not-working/93030)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-content-preview-not-working/93030 "2018-07-24T19:46:37Z")
On posting a new topic or post. I’ve refreshed the page but it’s still not working: --- ## [Pointers for building a plugin for browser fingerprinting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pointers-for-building-a-plugin-for-browser-fingerprinting/49683)
**Author:** [@carmalonso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carmalonso)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pointers-for-building-a-plugin-for-browser-fingerprinting/49683 "2018-07-24T20:00:05Z")
Based on the discussion from my thread: I decided to try my hand at building a plugin that would help prevent suspended users from returning by blocking their browser fingerprint (see panopticlick.eff.org). My plan for… --- ## [What was your first step?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-was-your-first-step/93026)
**Author:** [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-was-your-first-step/93026 "2018-07-24T17:26:19Z")
Hey all, for those of you who built your Discourse forum before having a community or fan base or customer base, what was your first step after successfully building your forum? How did you reach out to your target users… --- ## [Build a browser fingerprinting plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/build-a-browser-fingerprinting-plugin/93037)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/build-a-browser-fingerprinting-plugin/93037 "2018-07-24T21:08:15Z")
What would you like done? Build a Discourse plugin that does the following: calculates a browser fingerprint for each user session ala panopticlick using perhaps fingerprintjs2, or clientjs, or similar. This dependenc… --- ## [Error 502 when sending message to trust level 0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-502-when-sending-message-to-trust-level-0/93046)
**Author:** [@Janno\_Liivak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Janno_Liivak)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-502-when-sending-message-to-trust-level-0/93046 "2018-07-24T21:10:02Z")
Hi! I’m trying to send an announcement to users in group trust level 0 but get error 502 in return. Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 502 () Where should I look to see exactly what causes… --- ## [Image Embedded Color Profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-embedded-color-profile/40519)
**Author:** [@Patrick\_David](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patrick_David)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-embedded-color-profile/40519 "2018-07-25T00:46:46Z")
Not sure if this showed up somewhere else (the search terms, color profile embedded return unassociated results.. :slight\_smile: ). I run a Free Software photography forum over at discuss.pixls.us. As you might imagine… --- ## [Completely unread topics with recent replies should show as new](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-unread-topics-with-recent-replies-should-show-as-new/75682)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-unread-topics-with-recent-replies-should-show-as-new/75682 "2018-07-25T04:12:05Z")
Continuing the discussion from Watching and tracking implementation for tags and categories: There’s one piece of logic I don’t think we cover yet: “this is a topic” was created in 2015 I join the forum in 2016. I tra… --- ## [Digest email frequency not updating for existing users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-email-frequency-not-updating-for-existing-users/92045)
**Author:** [@All\_Might](https://meta.discourse.org/u/All_Might)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-email-frequency-not-updating-for-existing-users/92045 "2018-07-25T07:22:14Z")
Hey guys so we recently set up our Discourse community and migrated over users from Xenforo. It seems like when we migrated users over, the digest frequency was set to daily. I’ve since set it to weekly (our desired beh… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?ascending=true&page=393) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?ascending=true&page=395)